Technology Flyer
Term 2 Week 1
Online Readers
Sharing some old favourites as well as some new finds this edition. These are great places to find some digital texts for your students to read and explore different online layouts.
NG Young Explorer Mag
These National Geographic magazines are designed for the early years. They are colourful with appropriately leveled text.
NG Pioneer Mag
National Geographic Pioneer editions suit Stage 2 students. Terrific non-fiction titles.
NG Pathfinder Mag
National Geographic Pathfinder edition are more suited to Stage 3 students. The magazines are the same as the Pioneer but the lexile level of the text is higher.
Oxford Owl
With over 250 titles Oxford Owl has something for everyone - from simple phonics based readers to chapter books. These books can also be read in a browser on an iPad now!
Unite For Literacy
Unite for Literacy has over 100 eBooks designed mostly for beginning readers. The awesome part of this site is that you can listen to the story in 15 different languages!
Online Reading
Online Reading has over 100 eBooks to read. Books have been organised into categories such as animals, sports, disasters...
Storyline Online
Storyline Online has grown and undergone a makeover. There are now over 20 well known books read by famous authors and celebrities to share with your class.
Starfall
Starfall is an oldie but still a goodie. Plenty of stories tied to sound families. Comes with extra activities to complete afterwards.
We Give Books
We Give Books provides hundreds of online readers for children to read for free. The bonus is that each book read also results in a donation of a book to a less fortunate community. Does require a log in.
Websites to check out...
Literary Devices
Literary Devices is a very comprehensive site which gives a definition for each device as well as examples. It also explains the difference between literary techniques and literary elements.
Highlights Kids
Highlights Kids - Play it! Read it! Make it! Share it! This site has a variety of activities for children. The Read it section has animated and non-animated stories, factual articles, poetry and comics.
iPad Maths
iPad Maths has a variety of activities to support your maths program. All activities can be played in a browser on a computer or tablet!
BluEarth
BluEarth is a non for profit organisation aimed at increasing levels of physical activity in Australians. The teacher resource centre has a stack of resources to assist with your PE program.
Go Noodle - Brain Breaks
Go Noodle is a fab little website which offers fun activities to either energise or relax your students. All you need to do is create a free account and then choose your style of activity.
Lesson Zone
Lesson Zone is a subscription site but after having recently purchased a subscription I felt I should let everyone know how great it is. I mainly subscribed for access to their 500 eBooks which are leveled and varied in terms of text types. There are also 80000 plus printables which are high quality not just the usual black and white busy work. I'm using quite a number of the fact sheets to support our English unit this term.
If you think you might like to subscribe but want to see what's on offer first I'm happy to show you around the site.
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Want to find some other great Web 2.0 tools or iPad apps? Check out my website - http://ictwithmissc.weebly.com
Got a question? Got a great website/app to share? Want some help with something specific? Send me an email and let me know.
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